A display panel includes a substrate and a display medium layer held on the substrate and has a display region and a frame region outside the display region and a hole on an inner side of the frame region penetrating the substrate and the display medium layer. The display panel further includes a hole-periphery sealing part disposed on the substrate at a side facing the display medium layer so as to surround the hole, in which the hole-periphery sealing part is made of: a first sealing member having a broken loop shape, surrounding the hole, having at least one open section; and at least one second sealing member provided at a location corresponding to the one open section so as to seal said at least one open section.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that maintains a sufficient voltage holding ratio over a long period of time even when a liquid crystal panel having a narrower frame is used and that undergoes no burn-in or no stains on a display screen. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes an active-matrix liquid crystal panel and a backlight, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a pair of substrates between which the liquid crystal layer is sandwiched, alignment layers disposed on surfaces of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal layer, and a seal part that bonds the pair of substrates to each other and that is disposed around the liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal panel is formed by a liquid crystal one-drop fill process, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material and at least one of a radical scavenger and an antioxidant, and the seal part has a width of 0.6 mm or less at least in part.

The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that maintains a sufficient voltage holding ratio over a long period of time even when a liquid crystal panel having a narrower frame is used and that undergoes no burn-in or no stains on a display screen. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes an active-matrix liquid crystal panel and a backlight, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a pair of substrates between which the liquid crystal layer is sandwiched, alignment layers disposed on surfaces of the pair of substrates facing the liquid crystal layer, and a seal part that bonds the pair of substrates to each other and that is disposed around the liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal panel is formed by a liquid crystal one-drop fill process, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material and at least one of a radical scavenger and an antioxidant, and the seal part has a width of 0.6 mm or less at least in part.

A liquid crystal optical element includes a first transparent body which includes a first transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode, and a projection-depression structure; a second transparent body which includes a second transparent substrate and a second transparent electrode; and a liquid-crystal-containing resin layer interposed between the first transparent body and the second transparent body. At least one of a size of a droplet of a droplet structure and a size of a mesh of a network structure in the liquid-crystal-containing resin layer is larger near the first transparent body than near the second transparent body. Alternatively, the liquid-crystal-containing resin layer has: a first region that contains the liquid crystal and does not contain the resin; and a second region that contains both the liquid crystal and the resin.

A liquid crystal optical element includes a first transparent body which includes a first transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode, and a projection-depression structure; a second transparent body which includes a second transparent substrate and a second transparent electrode; and a liquid-crystal-containing resin layer interposed between the first transparent body and the second transparent body. At least one of a size of a droplet of a droplet structure and a size of a mesh of a network structure in the liquid-crystal-containing resin layer is larger near the first transparent body than near the second transparent body. Alternatively, the liquid-crystal-containing resin layer has: a first region that contains the liquid crystal and does not contain the resin; and a second region that contains both the liquid crystal and the resin.

A display apparatus may include a display panel and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards connected to the display panel. The display panel may include first regions arranged in a first direction and may include a plurality of first alignment marks, which are respectively provided on the first regions and are arranged in the first direction. Each of the flexible printed circuit boards may include a plurality of second alignment marks arranged in the first direction and overlapped with the first alignment marks, an insulating layer spaced apart from the second alignment marks in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of supplementary alignment marks spaced apart from the second alignment marks by a first distance in the second direction, the supplementary alignment marks being openings defined in the insulating layer.

A display apparatus may include a display panel and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards connected to the display panel. The display panel may include first regions arranged in a first direction and may include a plurality of first alignment marks, which are respectively provided on the first regions and are arranged in the first direction. Each of the flexible printed circuit boards may include a plurality of second alignment marks arranged in the first direction and overlapped with the first alignment marks, an insulating layer spaced apart from the second alignment marks in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of supplementary alignment marks spaced apart from the second alignment marks by a first distance in the second direction, the supplementary alignment marks being openings defined in the insulating layer.

A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate; an organic layer disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer; a plurality of slits defined in the pixel electrode and configured to exposed a surface of the organic layer; a liquid crystal alignment film disposed on a surface of the pixel electrode and on the surface of the organic layer exposed by the plurality of slits; and a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed on the liquid crystal alignment film, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film includes a first region overlapping the plurality of slits and a second region overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein the second region has a surface energy different from a surface energy of the first region.

A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate; an organic layer disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer; a plurality of slits defined in the pixel electrode and configured to exposed a surface of the organic layer; a liquid crystal alignment film disposed on a surface of the pixel electrode and on the surface of the organic layer exposed by the plurality of slits; and a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed on the liquid crystal alignment film, wherein the liquid crystal alignment film includes a first region overlapping the plurality of slits and a second region overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein the second region has a surface energy different from a surface energy of the first region.

In the step of curing a resin for bonding a TFT substrate and a counter substrate each having an alignment film that has been optically aligned by using UV-light, damage to the alignment film due to the UV-light can be prevented without using a light shielding mask. A UV-light absorption layer is formed between each black matrix on the counter substrate. The TFT and counter substrates are sealed at their periphery by a resin that is cured by UV-light radiated from the counter substrate side. Since the absorption layer has a high absorbability to UV-light at a wavelength of 300 nm or less that degrades the alignment film, damage to the alignment film due to the UV-light for curing the resin can be prevented. Thus, provision of a light shielding mask for shielding the UV-light for the display region can be saved.